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Arctic Man on Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Ballot

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Arctic Man on Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Ballot

  Arctic Man is, in our opinion, one of the most raw and radical Ski Racing Events ever hatched.  An extreme combination of gravity and motor sport at speeds well in excess of 80 miles per hour.  A skier starts at the first peak, when they reach the bottom they grab a rope attached to a snogo already in motion which drags the athlete to the next peak and literally slingshots them over the crest of the next run and finishing At the base of the second descent. It evolved from a bet made in a bar (Sounds familiar Mt...

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Winter is Coming!

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The cool weather is here!   The Colorado mins will start opening in a week and a half they're already skiing at Killington VT and Sunday River ME North Face continues to get more white by the day....were nearly there.  A friend of mine gave me a vintage jumping ski that I'm going to use as a curtain valence once I figure it out.  It is a great conversation piece it immediately got us talking about all the different ways people enjoy the snow from Nordic Skiing to Dog Sledding to Speed Skiing to Bump Skiing to.......Ski Jumping! Where do...

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